CORBIERE


Unknown
but with great
influence
yet for his dog
finding a supper's bone
macabre,deluded
yet agonized in perception
and surprised refrain
as a painter in conception
to sustain images
what words of languages
self realized again
from the inception
of your childhood
you were disguised
in your own neighborhood
as a yellow rose colored
marker in your book
for the outcasts
thrown out to the sea
orphans by land
or in your native Brittany
no one can match
your misery
in fiddling
inside your poverty rooms
or playing hurdy gurdy
for unconsummated grooms
an exile like a Jewish bride
or Catholic in a pew to hide
from his own sin
wanting a rhapsody
for any of the oppressed
the few who hear
your surreal voice within
are blessed.